Small crawly bug with two black dots

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I removed all rocks and fish from my reef tank. I left about 5 inches of water in tank. I noticed the amphipod and copedpod population increase. I also toniced a small black and clear bug that crawls on the sand. I found hundreds of them in a remote corner. They do not look like the copepods on the glass. What could they be? Daphia? 20240518_231933.jpg 20240518_231827.jpg
 

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Here are additional pictures and video. They are slightly longer than the grains of sand.
 

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My first thought would be some kins of ostracod, but I really can't say for sure from the pics - sorry. If you can get some microscope pics or some strong magnifying glass pics (think like a jeweler's loupe), I may be able to give a proper ID.
 
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